El Goonish Shive character statistics

Ever wanted to know which character appeared the most often if the webcomic El Goonish Shive? Whether
Tedd or Elliot appears most often in a sketchbook comic? How much time Ellen spends in her V5 form? Then you've come to the
right place! This page lets you know how often each character appeared in what forms in the story, EGS:NP and sketchbook sections.
And that's not all: we've also got a handy comic list that you can filter by character and form, and links to Shiveapedia for
some of the characters.

What constitutes an appearance?

I consider a character to have appeared in a comic if he or she (or both) is at least partially visible in one of the panels,
or has off-screen dialogue. Appearances in fantasy sequences or thought-bubbles are also counted, as well as silhouetted appearances
(if I know for certain who the obscured character was). Minor and one-shot characters are included pretty much on my whim.

A form is considered canon only if it was used in the main story comics (or an explicitly canon EGS:NP story), and not in
a fantasy sequence or thought-bubble. A character can appear in multiple forms in a single comic, so the form appearance counts
may add up to more than the character's appearance count.

If you notice a mistake, please let me know by leaving a comment on my blog.

How often are the statistics updated?

The statistics for story (and, when applicable, EGS:NP) comics are updated at the end of each storyline. At least,
that's the idea. In practice, I tend to fall behind regularly. Feel free to kick me in the arse (but not too hard) if that happens.

55. Tony

Tony is a football player who often bullies Tedd for looking so androgynous. Unfortunately for him, Tedd has too many powerful friends; Tony's been beaten up by Elliot, Ellen and even Susan! Tony might actually be a little attracted to Tedd.

56. Helena

Suffering from amnesia, this French immortal has absolutely no idea who she is, or why she's following Elliot around. Before her latest reset she and her counterpart were responsible for giving Nanase and Susan access to magic.

58. Writer's Block

Writer's Block is the feared adversary of all writers, and his appearance has caused agony for web comic fans all across the Internet. Dan is not imune to its effects, and the Writer's Block has frequently caused delays in the release of El Goonish Shive comics, which often results in the Writer's Block making an appearance in a filler comic. Even Susan was plagued by the writer's block once.

61. The Playah
(Theater Clerk, or T.C.)

T.C. thinks he's quite the ladies man, but in truth no sane Y-chromosome-lacking human being would even consider going out with him (for that matter, neither would y-chromosone-having human beings, even if he were interested). He may have gotten lucky with the Panicked Schoolgirl, but I doubt anything actually happened. He works as a clerk at the movie theatre, and is a year younger than the main cast.

65. Demetrius

Suffering from amnesia, this French immortal has absolutely no idea who he is, or why he's following Elliot around. Before his latest reset he and his counterpart were responsible for giving Nanase and Susan access to magic.

68. Mrs. Dunkel

Mrs. Dunkel is Elliot's (and now Ellen's) mother. She's always wanted a daughter, and thanks to the events of the Sister storyline she has her wish. It is implied that she was forced to drop out of school when Elliot was born, and she seems doubly pleased that having another unexpected child will not result in a similar incident, since she didn't actually have to give birth to it.

69. Duck

Duck is a junior high student who hangs out with hisfriends to play collectible card games at Justin's store. His unusual nickname is derived from the hat he wears that makes him look like a duck (no relation to the Demonic Duck).

72. Bill

As one of Duck's friends, this guy regularly hangs around with him (and his other friend) in the comic store where Justin works. He considers his "cleavage angel" magical gathering card the closest thing he has to a girlfriend.

79. Kaoli

Kaoli is the duplicate of Nioi, who like Ellen was created by the dewitchery diamond. She shared Ellen's "second life", growing up with her in that dimension, an experience given to her by Nioi in order to age her soul to match her body.

Random Note: Kaoli's name means "aroma" in Japanese. It is pretty much a synonym for nioi, and is written as 香り.

87. Melonpool

Melonpool is the main character of the comic Melonpool by Steve Troop. He appeared in puppet-form in the EGS:NP story "EGS-Con 2006" where he gave advice to Susan, and ended up fighting her over a disagreement on whether Deep Space Nine is better than the original series of Star Trek.

95. Susan's logical side

Susan's logical side is represented by a Vulcan version of Susan. Although initially she feels there is no logic in going to a transgender party, eventually she is persuaded by Susan's curious side that if Susan wouldn't go it'd be a missed opportunity for finding out if guys are really as bad as she believes they are.

96. Susan's curious side

Susan's curious side is represented by a catgirl version of Susan. She was in favour of going to the party because she was curious about what it would be like to be male. She is the counterpart of Susan's logical side.